Configuring SharePoint and Exchange as Partner Applications

To enable SharePoint eDiscovery of Lync archive data, SharePoint 2013 must be configured as a partner application to Exchange 2013 as opposed to Lync 2013. The reason for this is that Lync 2013 must first be configured to archive content to Exchange 2013 before SharePoint eDiscovery can be used to search that data. Similar to the configuration of Lync and Exchange as partner applications, the Exchange 2013 Autodiscover service must be configured and operational as a prerequisite before SharePoint and Exchange can be configured as partner applications.

After Autodiscover is configured, SharePoint and Exchange can be configured as partner applications by exchanging the certificates using ...

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